Well, while we are speculating, in a world with better communication, there can be more places of interest to travel to- including ones which are closer to you.

Well, while we are speculating, in a world with better communication, there can be more places of interest to travel to- including ones which are closer to you. Once people toured the seven wonders, but now most of my friends stay within the country visiting niche spots to recreate or eat a different variety of food. That's a lot harder to do if Joe Small-town can't get the word out about why you should visit.